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Daniel MacPherson

Acting Born Apr 25, 1980 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 24 credits

Biography

Daniel Donald MacPherson (born 25 April 1980) is an Australian actor and television presenter, best known for his roles as Joel Samuels in Neighbours, Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's Strike Back, Whit Carmichael in the Shane Abbess sci-fi film Infini, and Arion Elessedil in The Shannara Chronicles. He has also co-hosted Dancing with the Stars for six years while simultaneously starring in a number of Australians dramas such as Wild Boys. MacPherson has a cameo role as Calvin's father in Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.

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Known for

Film

Beast

as Patton

Foundation

as Hugo Crast
Film

Land of Bad

as Colonel Duz Packett

Have You Been Paying Attention?

as Self - Guest Quizmaster

Full filmography

  • Beast (2026) as Patton
  • Foundation (2021) as Hugo Crast
  • Neighbours (1985) as Joel Samuels
  • The Bill (1984) as Cameron Tait
  • Strike Back (2010) as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
  • Goosebumps (1995) as Kid
  • The Shannara Chronicles (2016) as Arion Elessedil
  • Land of Bad (2024) as Colonel Duz Packett
  • Have You Been Paying Attention? (2013) as Self - Guest Quizmaster
  • City Homicide (2007) as Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
  • Dancing with the Stars (2004) as Self - Host
  • Rove (1999) as Self
  • Poker Face (2022) as Sam Levine
  • Tripping Over (2006) as Ned
  • Bad Mothers (2019) as Anton
  • A Wrinkle in Time (2018) as Calvin's Father
  • Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016) as Kane Sommerville
  • Wild Boys (2011) as Jack Keenan
  • Would I Lie to You? (2022) as Self - Panelist
  • Infini (2015) as Whit Carmichael
  • The Cup (2011) as Jason Oliver
  • Celebrities Under Pressure (2003)
  • Sydney New Year's Eve (1996) as Host
  • Neighbours Revealed (1999)